Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: Occupations

1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 21 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis for Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

List Warwickshire AdmC	Nuneaton UD/MB

Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	27,086
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	20,193
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	18,203
Retired.	1,990
Employers.	288
Managers.	544
Operatives.	16,528
Self-employed.	665
Unemployed.	178
I. Fishermen.	0
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	338
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	3,246
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	149
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	186
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	4,024
VII. Textile workers.	552
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	114
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	199
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	151
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	365
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	101
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	45
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	903
XV. Painters and decorators.	311
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	312
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	1,569
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	1,247
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	589
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	276
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	81
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	394
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	658
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	375
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	316
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,621
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	81
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	1,990
FEMALES: Total Population.	27,321
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	20,751
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	7,667
Retired.	13,084
Employers.	48
Managers.	125
Operatives.	7,197
Self-employed.	227
Unemployed.	70
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	26
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	220
VII. Textile workers.	1,528
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	147
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	848
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	42
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	136
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	23
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	118
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	962
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	437
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	1,338
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	970
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	158
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	622
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	92

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